The 2025 Queensland Cup season was the 30th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Hostplus Cup due to sponsorship, featured 15 teams playing a 27-week long season (including finals) from March to September.
Minor premiers Burleigh Bears won the Grand Final 22–8 against the 2024 premiers Norths Devils.
Teams In 2025, the line-up of teams was unchanged from the previous two seasons.
ColoursClubHome ground(s)Head coach(s)Captain(s)NRL AffiliateBrisbane TigersTotally Workwear StadiumMatt ChurchRyley Jacks Melbourne StormBurleigh BearsUAA ParkLuke BurtSam Coster Brisbane BroncosCentral Queensland CaprasBrowne ParkRugby ParkLionel HarbinBlake Moore & Tyler Szepanowski Dolphins Ipswich JetsNorth Ipswich ReserveTye IngebrigtsenBlake Lenehan Gold Coast TitansMackay CuttersBB Print StadiumAdam CuthbertsonHiale Roycroft North Queensland CowboysNorthern PrideBarlow ParkRussell AitkenNick Lui-Toso North Queensland CowboysNorths DevilsBishop ParkRohan SmithKierran Moseley DolphinsPapua New Guinea HuntersPNG Football StadiumPaul AitonIla AluNone Redcliffe Dolphins Kayo Stadium Eric Smith Kyle Schneider Dolphins Souths Logan MagpiesDavies ParkLogan Metro Sports ComplexKarmichael Hunt Rory Ferguson Brisbane BroncosSunshine Coast FalconsSunshine Coast StadiumBrad HendersonSam Burns Melbourne StormTownsville BlackhawksJack Manski OvalTerry CampeseJack Campagnolo South Sydney RabbitohsTweed Heads SeagullsPiggabeen Sports ComplexDavid PennaLindon McGrady Gold Coast TitansWestern ClydesdalesClive Berghofer StadiumNed MurphyEmry Pere Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsWynnum-Manly SeagullsBMD Kougari OvalMathew HeadLuke Gale Brisbane Broncos
Regular season Fixtures and results Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 F1 F2 F3 GF Brisbane TigersNTP+8*CQC+0IPS-14PNG-34SCF+8SLM+12TSV-4CQC-14RED-4TWE+14XNOR-16NTP+28PNG+20IPS-12SLM+4XBUR-42MAC+14TWE-5XWES+20WMS-8 Burleigh BearsCQC-10†WMS-12TWE+2WES+14IPS+20CQC+8PNG-8MAC+4NTP+2XSLM+13WES0TSV-2IPS+12TWE+16NOR+4XBRI+42NTP+6RED+18XNOR+8SCF+24WMS+8XRED+2NOR+14 Central Queensland CaprasBUR+10†BRI+0MAC+20XTSV-2BUR-8SLM-20BRI+14IPS-20NTP-18WMS-28SCF-14RED-44XMAC-20IPS-22PNG+16TWE+4WES0SCF-4WMS+10XNOR-20 Ipswich JetsTSV-1*XBRI+14TWE+4BUR-20PNG+2WMS+16NTP-32CQC+20RED+2WES+30MAC-8XBUR-12BRI+12CQC+22NOR-8PNG-6RED-10XWES+20SCF-18SLM-18SCF+1WMS-22 Mackay CuttersPNG+6‡TSV-7CQC-20XNTP+4WES-4TWE+4BUR-4WMS-20NOR-2SCF-26IPS+8TWE+14XCQC+20SCF+40WMS-16NOR-4BRI-14SLM-48TSV-4XRED-18 Northern PrideBRI-8*TWE-4TSV-14NOR-18MAC-4WMS-2XIPS+32BUR-2MAC+18PNG-4SLM+6BRI-28WES+26TSV+14XRED-4SCF-38BUR-6NOR-1XTWE+7PNG-30 Norths DevilsRED+20‡WES+36SLM+8NTP+18XSCF+10WES+22RED+4PNG-6MAC+2TWE+14BRI+16XTSV-8SLM-12BUR-4IPS+8MAC+4WMS+8NTP+1XBUR-8CQC+20TSV+12XWMS+2BUR-12 Papua New Guinea HuntersMAC-6‡SCF-22XBRI+34TWE+6IPS-2BUR+8WMS+18NOR+6TSV-10NTP+4RED-34SCF+2BRI-20XTSV+18CQC-16IPS+6XWES+36SLM+20WMS-22NTP+30RED-20 Redcliffe DolphinsNOR-20‡SLM+14WMS+20XWES+24TSV-22SCF-8NOR-4BRI+4IPS-2XPNG+34CQC+44TWE+8WMS-8XNTP+4SLM-6IPS+10BUR-18SCF-32TSV+26MAC+18PNG+12TSV+6BUR-2 Souths Logan MagpiesWES+56*RED-14NOR-8SCF+24WMS-34BRI-12CQC+20XTSV-2WES+20BUR-13NTP-6WMS-13XNOR+12BRI-4TWE-4RED+6TSV+18MAC+48PNG-20XIPS+18 Sunshine Coast FalconsXPNG+22WES-10SLM-24BRI-8NOR-10RED+8TSV+6TWE-10XMAC+26CQC+14PNG+2WMS-28WES+32MAC-40XNTP+38TWE+12CQC+4RED+32IPS+18BUR-24IPS-1 Townsville BlackhawksIPS+1*MAC+7NTP+14XCQC+2RED+22BRI+4SCF-6SLM+2PNG+10XWMS+10BUR+2NOR+8NTP-14PNG-18WES+20XSLM-18WMS+22MAC+4RED-26TWE-12NOR-12RED-6 Tweed Heads SeagullsWMS-10‡NTP+4BUR-2IPS-4PNG-6XMAC-4WES+24SCF+10BRI-14NOR-14XMAC-14RED-8BUR-16WES+30SLM+4CQC-4SCF-12BRI+5XNTP-7TSV+12 Western ClydesdalesSLM-56*NOR-36SCF+10BUR-14RED-24MAC+4NOR-22TWE-24XSLM-20IPS-30BUR0XNTP-26SCF-32TWE-30TSV-20WMS-26CQC0PNG-36IPS-20BRI-20X Wynnum Manly SeagullsTWE+10‡BUR+12RED-20XSLM+34NTP+2IPS-16PNG-18MAC+20XCQC+28TSV-10SLM+13SCF+28RED+8XMAC-16WES+26NOR-8TSV-22CQC-10PNG+22BRI+8BUR-8IPS+22NOR-2 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 F1 F2 F3 GFKey: Bold – Home game X – Bye ‡ – Match postponed and played between rounds 6–7 * – Match postponed and played between rounds 8–9 † – Match postponed and played between rounds 19–20 Opponent for round listed above margin
Season summary Round 1 – Due to the impacts of severe tropical cyclone Alfred, the full slate of fixtures scheduled to begin on 8 March were postponed to dates later in the season. Initially, the QRL had hoped that some matches would take place. 11 April – Souths Logan Magpies score the highest score of the season, thrashing the Western Clydesdales 66–10 in their rescheduled round 1 match. Round 19 – The competition's annual country week saw matches played in Augathella, Emerald, Charters Towers, Gayndah, Yarrabah, Moranbah, and Goondiwindi.
Ladder
Ladder progression
Finals series HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)Venue Qualifying and elimination finals Burleigh Bears 2214 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 6 September, 2:00pm AEST UAA Park Norths Devils 2412 Townsville Blackhawks 6 September, 4:00pm AEST Bishop Park Redcliffe Dolphins 3212 Papua New Guinea Hunters 6 September, 6:00pm AEST Kayo Stadium Sunshine Coast Falcons 2425 Ipswich Jets 7 September, 2:10pm AEST Sunshine Coast Stadium Semi-finals Townsville Blackhawks 1622 Redcliffe Dolphins 13 September, 2:10pm AEST Jack Manski Oval Wynnum Manly Seagulls 3412 Ipswich Jets 14 September, 2:10pm AEST BMD Kougari Oval Preliminary finals Burleigh Bears 1816 Redcliffe Dolphins 20 September, 2:10pm AEST UAA Park Norths Devils 1816 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 21 September, 2:10pm AEST Bishop Park Grand Final Burleigh Bears 228 Norths Devils 27 September, 4:05pm AEST Kayo Stadium Summary
Bracket
Grand Final
First half With the breeze behind the backs, the Norths Devils opened the scoring in the 12th minute, Sean O'Sullivan converting a penalty attempt at goal from almost directly in front of the posts. Burleigh forward Adam Christensen scored the first try of the Grand Final in the 19th minute running on to a pass from halfback Guy Hamilton, with former Bears captain Sami Sauiluma extending the minor premiers lead to 10–2 a few minutes later. Sauiluma grounding the ball across the try line after gathering a kick from Hamilton.
The Bears had suffered an injury blow when fullback Creedance Toia was forced off the field, while Hamilton was also hobbled by a leg injury following his two try assists. After the Bears were denied a potential try by the referee in the 33rd minute, the Devils hit back in the 37th minute with Jordan Lipp scoring a try to head to the half time break down by just two points.
Second half
Norths almost scored in the opening minute of the second half through Manese Kaho, but the winger lost control of the ball in the corner. Burleigh's defence was able to keep out multiple Norths attempts inside their own half, absorbing the pressure being applied by the reigning premiers.
A 40–20 kick from Bears five-eighth Josh Rogers in the 56th minute gave the Bears their first real attacking chance of the second half, and a few minutes later a deft grubber kick from Cole Geyer evaded the Devils defence for Troy Leo to score a try.
With a 16–8 lead, the Bears took control of the contest and extended their advantage with less than 10 minutes remaining when Rogers grabbed a Hamilton chip kick above the defence to score adjacent to the posts. His goal taking the score out to 22–8 as the Bears shut out the Devils to claim their fifth Queensland Cup title.
NRL State Championship As premiers of the Queensland Cup, the Burleigh Bears faced NSW Cup premiers the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL State Championship.
QRL awards Petero Civoniceva Medal (Best and Fairest): Oliver Pascoe (Ipswich Jets) Darryl Van de Velde Coach of the Year: Terry Campese (Townsville Blackhawks) Pedro Gallagher Rookie of the Year: Zion Johnson (Sunshine Coast Falcons) Duncan Hall Medal (Grand Final player of the match): Josh Rogers (Burleigh Bears)
Team of the Year PositionNatWinnerClubBen Farr Wynnum Manly Seagulls Dudley DotoiTownsville Blackhawks Josh Smith Brisbane TigersAnthony MilfordSouths Logan MagpiesGuy HamiltonBurleigh BearsJosh StuckeyTownsville Blackhawks Oliver PascoeIpswich JetsDane AukafolauNorthern PrideSam CosterBurleigh Bears
Player statistics
Leading try scorers PosPlayerTeamTries1Dudley Dotoi Townsville Blackhawks262Israel Leota Souths Logan Magpies203Sanny Wabo PNG Hunters184Zion Johnson Sunshine Coast Falcons175Will Partridge Redcliffe Dolphins15Oliver Pascoe Ipswich Jets15Manase Kaho Norths Devils15Ben Farr Wynnum Manly Seagulls15
Leading point scorers PosPlayerTeam1Josh Rogers Burleigh Bears984–2042Latrell Siegwalt Souths Logan Magpies875– 1823Cody Hunter Sunshine Coast Falcons768–1644Jordan Lipp Norths Devils764–1565Joshua James Redcliffe Dolphins759–146
See also
Queensland Cup Queensland Rugby League
References